# Accident 19880521015419A: Cessna 172F, Townsend, GA, May 21, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1988, 13:00 local time
- Place: Townsend, GA
- Airport: Townsend Air Strip Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5433° N, 81.5348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Townsend Air Strip (GA45), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5433&lon=-81.5348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8374U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8374U-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 143 total, 143 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880521015419A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

OVERSHOOTING DIRT STRIP TRIED TO GO AROUND TOO LATE, HIT BUSHES AND CRASHED IN A MARSH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL88LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA182), May 21, 1988: Cessna 172F (N8374U), Shellman, GA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8374U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780527014749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780527014749A), May 27, 1978: Cessna 172D (N8374U), Chipley, FL, Substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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